Films like Moby Dick
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is despe...
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In the Heart of the Sea
Film · 2015 · also adventure and dramaIn the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of ve...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Film · 2003 · also adventure and dramaAfter an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to ca...
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The Sea Wolf
Film · 1941 · also adventure and dramaShipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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True Spirit
Film · 2023 · also adventure and dramaWhen the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the...
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The Philadelphia Experiment
Film · 1984 · also adventureBased on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into...
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The Perfect Storm
Film · 2000 · also adventure and dramaIn October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Film · 1997 · also adventureWilly the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend...
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Deepwater Horizon
Film · 2016 · also dramaA story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Life of Pi
Film · 2012 · also adventure and dramaThe story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrif...
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Nate and Hayes
Film · 1983 · also adventureNathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Soph...
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